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Afterwords

A dream-like journey, a man trying to prove he hasn't died and a reflection on a eulogy. Josie Long presents documentaries where words linger long after they're uttered.
Featuring the voices of the oral historian Studs Terkel, recorded a couple of years before he passed away, and the writer Julia Cooper, finding the words she wished she could offer her younger self.
A Taxi Stops
Produced by Rikke Houd
Afterwords
Featuring Jeremy Lee Bass
Produced by Andrea Rangecroft
Eulogy
Featuring Julia Cooper
Produced by Veronica Simmonds
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

Into the Woods

From tree climbing to getting lost in the forest, Josie Long ventures into the woods.
Featuring Sook-Yin Lee on the wild forest of her childhood, the musician and radio producer Phil Smith on the love and freedom of clambering amid the branches, and a mother and daughter losing themselves amongst the trees.
Climb
Featuring Jochen Raiss and Leah
Produced by Phil Smith
Lost
Featuring Rachel and Carolyn Lloyd
Produced by Andrea Rangecroft
Behind My House
Music by Sook-Yin Lee
Produced by Sook-Yin Lee
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

Cinema

Josie Long hears stories drawn from the silver screen. Luke Skywalker helps Joe Dunthorne reckon with his own mortality, the writer Ross Sutherland explores the hidden history of the audience and Amanda Foster offers an insight into the life of a stuntwoman.
Luke Deathbringer
Featuring Joe Dunthorne
Body Double
Featuring Amanda Foster
Produced by Andrea Rangecroft
Hollywood Forever
Featuring Ross Sutherland
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

The Answer

Josie Long presents short documentaries and stories about the quest for resolution. Years spent in search of a solution to Elgar's Enigma, an adult seeks an answer to a childhood letter and a mother records her young son's responses.
The Being Sound
Produced by Stephanie Rowden
Get Pierced
Produced by Duncan Cowles
Counter Melody
Featuring Bob Padgett (who runs the website The Enigma Theme Unmasked)
Produced by Daniel Estrin, Jessi Carrier, Steven Jackson and Nick van der Kolk.
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.

Silent Night

A quiet walk through an abandoned prison camp in darkness, late night ambient sound in the Maasai Mara - Josie Long listens for sounds in the hush of the night.
Silent Night
Featuring Carl Cattermole
Produced by Thomas Glasser and based on his documentary for National Prison Radio, Sounds Inside
Crickets - Night - Maasai Mara
Produced by Jonathan Zenti
Ambient Sir
Featuring Jordan Scott
Jordan Scott's writing can be found at his website Lanterns at Guantánamo
Produced by Jess Shane
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.